Explore the wonderful and weird world of your own body without ever leaving your home! A comprehensive guide to the body meets hilarious kid humor in this gorgeous full color book filled with more than 1,000 diagrams and fun facts!Written by a pediatrician, this is the ultimate kids' reference guide to the human body! Jam-packed with fun facts, cool diagrams, and gross stories galore, this go-to guide will captivate curious readers for hours on end. Kids can also t...

The 2nd edition of this successful book provides a fully updated, succinct examination of the principles of agency law.The book explores the rules of attribution, the rights and obligations arising within the agency relationship, the impact of agency in the fields of contract and tort, and the termination of an agent's authority. Throughout the book, full consideration is given to the issues arising under the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993. ...

iParenting Media Award WinnerHelping children overcome their fear of pooping with colorful illustrations and a thoughtful story.Ryan is scared to use the potty. He is afraid to have a poop, because he's afraid it's going to hurt. He does NOT want to go. This story, along with Ryan's "poop program," will help young children gain the confidence they need to overcome this common problem and establish healthy habits. Includes a Note to Parents ...

The highest peak in the eastern United States, Mount Mitchell towers 6,684 feet over its home in Yancey County, North Carolina. It has borne silent witness to great scientific and personal achievements, tragic loss of life, heated debates, and a host of controversies both great and small. Once considered forbidding and remote, it claimed the life of its namesake, Elisha Mitchell, when he fell to his death in an attempt to firmly establish the mountain's height. In the early 1900s, entrepre...

You played back a recording of yourself and cringed. Every third word is "um," your voice sits on one flat note, and when you get nervous you rush to the end. This audiobook fixes the way you sound in meetings, interviews, and presentations. You'll swap fillers for a two-second pause, hold a steady pace, and lift the words that carry your point. About ninety minutes, and every fix is one you can hear.

Some people think better than they speak. The idea is clear in their head, but it comes out scrambled, and the clean version of the answer shows up ten minutes after the meeting ends. The main point gets buried under backstory, so people stop listening before it arrives. Answerscircle without finding the exit. A hard question lands and the mind goes blank. The usual fixes, more confidence, more reading, rehearsing whole conversations in advance, never touch the moment the ...

A poignant, dazzling debut novel about a woman who longs to be a mother and the captivating yet troubled child she and her husband take in. What is the cost of motherhood? When The Risk of Us opens, we meet a forty-something woman who deeply wants to become a mother. The path that opens up to her and her husband takes them through the foster care system, with the goal of adoption. And when seven-year-old Maresa-with inch-deep dimples and a voice that can beam to the moon--comes into their ...

Your voice shakes when it is your turn. Your mind empties halfway through a sentence you have said a hundred times. This is a short, practical guide to speaking at work when your body will not cooperate.You can do the job. You know the material better than anyone in the room. Then the moment arrives, your voice comes out wrong, and from there you are not thinking about the content at all. You are thinking about whether everyone can hear it. Most people in this posi...

In the 1960s and 1970s, becoming a rock musician was fundamentally different than playing other kinds of music. It was a learned rather than a taught skill. In On Becoming a Rock Musician, sociologist H. Stith Bennett observes what makes someone a rock musician and what persuades others to take him seriously in this role. The book explores how bands form; the backstage and onstage reality of playing in a band; how bands promote themselves and interact with audiences and music prof...

Today's complex research challenges demand effective teams, yet researchers rarely receive training in teamwork skills crucial for collaborative success.This book fills that gap, outlining theory and providing practical actions that equip researchers with tools to build and sustain effective teams. Drawing on organizational psychology, team science and the authors’ own experience, it offers concrete practices for fostering collaborative innovation, managing diverse perspectives and...

In "Confidential Chats with Girls," William Lee Howard masterfully captures the nuanced conversations of young women navigating the complexities of their social lives in early 20th-century America. Combining a candid and accessible narrative style with keen psychological insights, Howard delves into themes of identity, gender dynamics, and societal expectations. This collection of dialogues invites readers into intimate exchanges'Äîtransforming everyday banter into profound reflections on ...

A teacher at a New England prep school ignites a gender war—with deadly consequences—in this dark and provocative novel by the bestselling author of The Passenger“Suspenseful and utterly riveting!”—Tess GerritsenWhen Alexandra Witt joins the faculty at Stonebridge Academy, she’s hoping to put a painful past behind her. Then one of her creative writing assignments generates some disturbing responses from students. Before long, Alex ...